lgieron

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by lgieron 11y ago
> I feel like noone has struggled in life as much as me. Its ultimate struggle that I hate. Re: struggle (just for some perspective) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulag https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki&
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by lgieron 11y ago
That's what WotC did with Magic: the Gathering very early (just a couple years after it was introduced) - it allows the company to make so much more money that it's really a no-brainer business-wise.
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by lgieron 11y ago
Wondering why did I get a downvote? Isn't what I said just a valid opinion, on a matter of philosophical (i.e. irresolvable) differences? Edit: getting more downvotes, without any of the downvoters caring to justify them so far, so I c
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by lgieron 11y ago
That's of course debatable, but for me it's more dangerous to have them free disseminating warmongering propaganda.
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by lgieron 11y ago
What are 'deradicalization programs'? I'd say if some people (i.e. some imams) are semi-openly calling for destruction of France, they should just be banished from the country.
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by lgieron 11y ago
Well, for one thing, there's more to life than earning money necessary to prevent starvation...
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by lgieron 11y ago
> As long as you have enough, having more is not worth the hassle. For money, 'Enough' is FU money (i.e. not having to work again in your life).
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by lgieron 11y ago
You don't need to be in trading/front-end software, 600 pounds p/d is just for regular positions if you know the frameworks that are currently in demand.
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by lgieron 11y ago
Probably the best way to find out if you really want to start a business (as opposed to just talking and reading about it), is to just start one. If you can stick through the rough times, you're the real deal and if not - you've l
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by lgieron 11y ago
Ego - i.e. the need to have high status in a group.
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by lgieron 11y ago
There's a documentary ("Some kind of monster") on Metallica's creative process for the St Anger album. It shows James Hetfield (arguably the band's leader) wanting to have a more balanced schedule, and adapting the
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by lgieron 11y ago
Holy sh*t, it's sounds very Orwellian.
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by lgieron 11y ago
That kind of command and control economy was tried in many countries (the whole Soviet block) and pretty much failed spectacularly every single time.
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by lgieron 11y ago
Not always - I can't see FOSS like Hadoop or Spark benefitting anyone except large corporations and (maybe) universities.
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by lgieron 11y ago
> It's generally understood that at this point in history most people shouldn't really have to work at all. "Generally understood" - what? It is still a fringe belief. Please don't post things that are not true a
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by lgieron 11y ago
Not sure it's that simple. For example, in many places banks pay the most. Sure, they pay even more to their earners (traders, dealmakers etc.), but they make so much money on their business in general that they can shell out top dolla
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by lgieron 11y ago
Spark
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by lgieron 11y ago
In my last job, my whole team was, with the exception of one Englishman, literally people who moved from all over the world (Europe, the Americas, Asia and Africa) to London. They were all quite happy with it, too.
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by lgieron 11y ago
A lot of devs in London are here to amass as much money as they can, so that they can retire early or at least move to a cheaper location later in life. While doing so, they are fine with living in substandard conditions (such as flatsharin
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by lgieron 11y ago
> Live somewhere else. There is a catch though - for programmers, London is by far the best paying city in Europe (except maybe Swiss cities).
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by lgieron 11y ago
"best place to work" is a relative term, while a "job you love" is not relative (not based on comparison with other available options). With a job you love, one is happy with just subsistence level compensation. There ar
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by lgieron 11y ago
I'd add to that some understanding about major personality types/dimensions. Being able to recognize them helps you in negotiations, assigning people to roles etc.
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by lgieron 11y ago
> Is kind of a case where beyond being a manager, you need to be a psychologist. Not beyond - good understanding of psychology is a core competency for any manager.
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by lgieron 11y ago
Historians are not machine learning algorithms, they are capable of deriving much more complex inferences. I'm pretty sure they wouldn't believe Santa Claus was a major religion.
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by lgieron 11y ago
Sorry, forgot about Total Commander.
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by lgieron 11y ago
Most of the good stuff is free. The only paid for software I'm using is Sublime.
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by lgieron 11y ago
It's called 'election'.
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by lgieron 11y ago
Also, a lot of the landlors just live outside of London (usually in a cheaper city/country).
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by lgieron 11y ago
Everyone can be difficult - I rented a room in London where the guy below us had a habit of playing shooter games on his home cinema system around 10-11 pm. During those hours, it felt like living in the warzone (constant loud explosions, s
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by lgieron 11y ago
They'll get it, in a couple of years, when the outcomes of their business ventures are nowhere near where they expected them to be :)

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